Harness and trace buckle



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE'.

HENRY HISE, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

HARNESS AND TRACE BUCKLE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,651 dated August 25, 1863.

To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HrsE, of Ottawa, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvenient in Harness and TraceBuckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters and figures marked,

thereon, which form part of this specification.

In the aforesaid drawings, which are hereunto annexed, Figure l represents a plan or top view of my invention 5 Fig. 2, a side sectional View thereof at the line :v in Fig. l, and Fig. 3 a perspective view'of the same with the trace attachedas in practical use.

Similar letters of reference in the diiferent figures of the drawings indicate corresponding parts of my invention.

i The nature of myinvention consists in combining a spring with the other parts of a harness or trace buckle Ain such a manner as to hold thel parts securely together and thereby prevent the trace from being detached from the buckle in ease the trace should from any* cause become slack or loose.

It further consists in havingtheother parts of the buckle so constructed and contrived as io give it great advantage and superiority over other buckles in respect to strength. and

durability. To enable those skilled in the art to underv stand, construct, and make use of my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with particularity.

A in the drawings represents the frame of my improved buckle; B, the transverse rod or bar of the same. O represents the arm attached to said transverse bar and revolving thereupon. D is a block, cast or fixed upon B, upon which the spring E rests, and which acts as a fulcrum, when the arm O is p'rssed back from the frame, upon which the lspring E reacts to bring the parts together andl keep them in place. Upon the bar B there is a pin or projection, between the jaws of C, which extend around B, as shown in the drawings, which prevents the arm C from 4revolving either way upon the bar B farther than is eX- pedient or necessary. The pin or finger upon G (marked c in the drawings) enters into the slot ein the frame, having first passed through the eye for that purpose made in the trace, thus conning said trace securelyin the buckle. 'Ihe small hole r through the end of the arm C is for the purpose .of allowing a rivet to pass through the leather or strap F, which is fastened to the bar B and through said arm G, thereby causing a great part of the strain or pressure upon said rivet, and thus relieving the pressure upon the pin c and the frame of the buckle and preventing the same from being bent and giving way. Vhen the arm C is drawn back so as to withdrawthe pin c from the slot a, for the purpose of putting in or taking out the trace T, the block D, by its shape and arrangement, forces the end of the spring s upward and from its natural position,

so that the elasticity of the spring reacting.

upon D immediately forces the arm C back to place and the pin o into slot a. The spring E is fastened to the arm O on the under side thereof, and passing thioigh a slot or opening in said arm C, as is clearly shown in the drawings, the end of said springrests upon the lever or block D, attached to the crossbar B, as aforesaid.

This buckle can be used with equal facility for attaching the trace or tug to the harness, or 1n any other part of the harness, for the purpose of holding the parts thereof together and facilitating the taking themapart when desired. l

Having described my improved buckle thus fully, I will now proceed to describe and specify what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination and arrangement of the arm (l, provided with the rivetho|e r, the tongue c, and spring E, with the frame A, the slot a, the cross-bar B, stop b, and lever D, when all are arranged and operate as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

HENRY HISE.

Witnesses:

C. S. C. CRANE, J oHN HOPPLE. 

